Tony Battaglia in pink at the Colony Club

Description
Drag queen Tony Battaglia standing outside the windows of the Colony Club in Kansas City wearing a full length pink dress, long pink evening gloves, and a tiara; facing the camera and smiling; behind her in the window a neon sign for Schlitz beer can be seen.
Contributors
Photographer: Ames, Jack
Date Created
1959-11
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Genre
Slides
Portrait photographs
Member of
Robert Heishman Collection
Publisher
Jack Ames
Time Period
1951-1960
Subject (Name)
Battaglia, Tony
Colony Club (Nightclub)
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.
Subject (Topical)
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay bars
Gay men
Men
White
Windows
Beer neon signs
Signs and signboards
Gloves
Tiaras
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Subjects (community)
White gay men
White LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0411
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
Related Finding Aid
Robert Heishman Collection